Today's puzzle pieces

From the New York Daily News (the NY Times ought to be ashamed - the Daily News is leaving them in the dust on this story.)

An angry President Bush rebuked chief political guru Karl Rove two years ago for his role in the Valerie Plame affair, sources told the Daily News.

"He made his displeasure known to Karl," a presidential counselor told The News. "He made his life miserable about this."

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A second well-placed source said some recently published reports implying Rove had deceived Bush about his involvement in the Wilson counterattack were incorrect and were leaked by White House aides trying to protect the President.

"Bush did not feel misled so much by Karl and others as believing that they handled it in a ham-handed and bush-league way," the source said.

Which leads to the inevitable conclusion that Bush had no problem with leaking the name of a covert agent; he just didn't like the style in which it was accomplished. Thanks for clearing that up. John Conyers blogs on this today at the HuffPo.